Democratic lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Robert Garcia sent a 17-page letter demanding President Donald Trump disclose details about the thousands of stock trades made in his name, citing potential conflicts of interest.
The SEC is proposing to rescind Rule 611 of Regulation NMS, the trade-through rule, which has governed Wall Street for 20 years. This move is seen by crypto firms as a significant step towards enabling blockchain-based stock trading by removing a major structural barrier.
US President Trump's accounts saw over 3,700 stock trades, including Nvidia and Boeing, raising ethical concerns due to policy overlaps. The total transaction value exceeds $200 million.
US President Donald Trump's Q1 2026 financial disclosure shows over 3,700 stock trades valued between $220M-$750M, with significant investments in tech giants like Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Nvidia. The trades, which missed disclosure deadlines, have raised conflict of interest questions.
The SEC has approved a rule change that eliminates one of Wall Street's most recognizable barriers for small traders: the old $25,000 minimum tied to pattern day-trading restrictions. Regulators signed off on FINRA's proposal to scrap a framework that long made it harder for smaller investors to make rapid-fire stock trades, replacing it with a […] The post SEC removes huge pattern day trader barrier to allow retail investors to day trade Bitcoin with just $2k margin appeared first on CryptoSlate.
